The Atlanta Journal Constitution has the article Obama compares ISIS to the Crusades, receives heavy backlash.
“Unless we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ,” President Barack Obama said Thursday at the annual National Prayer Breakfast.
Later on the article had this,
Faux Noise contributor Laura Ingraham said, “We’ve evolved, and sorry, this Islamic Jihadist movement is regressing. So the president could just say that, but, instead, he always has to lecture us. It’s something in his DNA.”
Sharon and I both broke out in spontaneous laughter at reading this. If anybody has a problem with lecturing built into her DNA, then this woman is the prime example.
In response to some of the blatantly racist comments on the Journal’s website, I reminded people of the infamous words of Jack Nicholas, ‘You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth.’
Several people commenting on the article jumped to the ridiculous conclusion that Obama meant that “we can’t be upset with what ISIS is doing today.” I think these people must have DNA problems, too. Maybe it is just a case of too much intermarriage, talking about stereotypes about the readers of The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
February 8, 2015
I did a terrible disservice to the President in this original post. I did not do a follow-up to try to find a video of his remarks.
Today, I found The Christian Science Monitor article Obama criticized for ‘Crusades’ remark: What did he really mean? (+video).
Obama criticized for ‘Crusades’ remark: What did he really mean? (+video)
President Obama’s opponents took strong issue with his comments linking Christianity to some violent episodes in the religion’s past. But are they missing his essential point?
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Obama’s point seems to have been that Islam, like Christianity, isn’t inherently violent and extremist. But the backlash highlights a commonly-held notion, held by many, that America is involved in a religious war where the enemy is fueled by the religion’s founding documents.
When you hear the full context of his remarks, I don’t think there is much you can criticize. It is unfortunate that this video clip stops where it does, because you still don’t get to hear all of what he said.
February 9, 2015
Wisely, The White House has posted the transcript of Remarks by the President at National Prayer Breakfast.
I am not a believer in a deity, but I can respect the humanity in what the President had to say. Anybody who is absolutely sure that the President is wrong in his remarks is certainly not practicing the humility that the President is suggesting.